Business assistance for SMEs: New Zealand owner-managers make their assessment

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 551-566

  Lewis, Kate ^a   Massey, Claire ^a   Ashby, Mary ^a   Coetzer, Alan ^a   Harris, Candice ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Business support services; New Zealand; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249002173     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000710832695     Document Type: Article

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